Theoretical and applied aspects of the competitiveness – a review of the literature

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Tomasz Siudek
Katarzyna Drabarczyk


Keywords : competitiveness, theories, concepts, measures, determinants
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The purpose of this study is to set out what is currently known about the competitiveness of the countries and regions as well as of sectors and individual enterprises in the national economy from the point of view of understanding the concept of competitiveness, its measurement and determinants. This paper critically examines both theoretical and empirical literature on the competitiveness, finding out that competitiveness is a very complex, multifaceted phenomenon or process and has many uses in different (macro, meso and micro) domains. The empirical studies on competitiveness apply a variety of competitiveness measures and determinants making it sometimes difficult to compare their results across countries, regions, sectors and enterprises.

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Siudek, T., & Drabarczyk, K. (2015). Theoretical and applied aspects of the competitiveness – a review of the literature. Zeszyty Naukowe SGGW - Ekonomika I Organizacja Gospodarki Żywnościowej, (112), 137–153. https://doi.org/10.22630/EIOGZ.2015.112.54
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